Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology · 39 credits
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Students take the following three (3) courses (9 credits): ANT 102 - What Makes Us Human? 3 credits; ANT 104 - Introduction to Archaeology 3 credits; ANT 120 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 credits. Students also take at least three (3) of the following approved "Core Concept" courses for a minimum of 9 credits: ANT 101 - Human Biology 3 credits; ANT 103 - Archaeology for a Better World 3 credits; ANT 200 - Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Insular Southeast Asia 3 credits; ANT 201 - Human Evolution 3 credits; ANT 202 - People and Pups: Dog Behavior and Human-Canine Relationships 3 credits; ANT 225 - Anthropology of Global Inequality 3 credits; ANT 230 - Peoples of the World 3 credits; ANT 250 - African Cultures Today 3 credits; ANT 277 - The Origins of Art 3 credits; ANT 300 - Human Anatomy 4 credits; ANT 303 - Earth and Life Through Time: Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology (with emphasis on the Turkana Basin) 3 credits *; ANT 304 - Ecology: Linking People and Nature (with emphasis on the Turkana Basin) 3 credits *; ANT 305 - Culture and Language of Madagascar 3 credits *; ANT 306 - Human Evolution (and evidence from the Turkana Basin) 3 credits *; ANT 355 - Ancient African Civilizations 3 credits; ANT 377 - Animal Tool Use 3 credits; ANT 403 - Seminar in Anthropology 3 credits; EBH 200 - The Evolution of Human Behavior 3 credits; EBH 214 - The Evolution of the Human Mind 3 credits; EBH 302 - Human Genetics 3 credits; EBH 316 - The Evolution of the Human Brain 3 credits; EBH 359 - Behavioral Ecology 3 credits; EBH 362 - Evolution of Social Complexity 3 credits; EBH 404 - Evolution of Parenting 3 credits. *study abroad courses
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Excluding courses already counted toward requirement 1 (Core concepts (minimum 18 credits)).
Students take four (4) of the following approved "Connections" courses for a minimum of 12 credits: ANT 203 - Native Americans 3 credits; ANT 208 - Zombiology: What the Walking Dead Can Teach Us About Real Humans 3 credits; ANT 210 - Sunken Cities and Pirates: The World of Underwater Archaeology 3 credits; ANT 215 - Climate and Culture 3 credits; ANT 220 - Controversies in Human Biology and Behavior 3 credits; ANT 222 - Greek and Roman Mythology through Art & Technology 3 credits; ANT 255 - Forensic Anthropology 3 credits; ANT 260 - How We Eat 3 credits; ANT 268 - Archaeology of Human Origins 3 credits; ANT 273 - The Unstoppable Species? 3 credits; ANT 290 - Science and Technology in Ancient Society 3 credits; ANT 309 - Comparing Ecosystems in Madagascar 3 credits *; ANT 307 - Prehistoric Archaeology of Africa (with emphasis on the Turkana Basin) 3 credits *; ANT 310 - Environments, Ecosystems and Evolution: Evidence from the Turkana Basin 3 credits *; ANT 311 - Immersion in Another Culture 3 credits *; ANT 317 - Climate Change and Human Evolution 3 credits; ANT 326 - Lemurs of Madagascar 3 credits *; ANT 350 - Medical Anthropology 3 credits; ANT 351 - Comparative Religion 3 credits; ANT 357 - Origins of Agriculture 3 credits; ANT 361 - Primate Conservation 3 credits; ANT 360 - Ancient Mesopotamia 3 credits; ANT 371 - Ancient China 3 credits; ANT 379 - Cultural Diversity in China 3 credits; ANT 381 - Applied Anthropology 3 credits; ANT 391 - Topics in Anthropology 3 credits; ANT 407 - Building Bones: Bone Development and Evolution 3 credits; ANT 408 - Pastoralism Under Pressure: Savannas, Societies, and Sustainability in East Africa 3 credits; EBH 325 - Evolution of Sex 3 credits; EBH 331 - Hormones and Behavior 3 credits; EBH 391 - Topics in Human Evolutionary Biology 3 credits; EBH 405 - Life History and Development 3 credits. * study abroad courses
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Excluding courses already counted toward requirement 1 (Core concepts (minimum 18 credits)), requirement 2 (Connections (minimum 12 credits)).
Students take three (3) of the following approved "Critical thinking and research" courses for a minimum of 9 credits: ANT 308 - Human Origins: Eval Turkana Basin's Fossil Record 3 credits *; ANT 320 - Historical Archaeology 3 credits; ANT 322 - Primate Evolution 3 credits; ANT 321 - Archaeological Field Methods 3-6 credits; ANT 352 - Methods in Studying Primates 3 credits *; ANT 353 - Biodiversity Assessment Methods for Tropical Field Research 3 credits *; ANT 359 - The Archaeology of Food 3 credits; ANT 363 - Approaches in Archaeology 3 credits; ANT 387 - Independent Research Project in Madagascar 3 credits *; ANT 399 - Advanced Field Research in the Turkana Basin 3-12 credits *; ANT 402 - Problems in Anthropology 3 credits; ANT 404 - Human Osteology 3 credits; ANT 406 - Pseudoscience and Anthropology 3 credits; ANT 410 - Ethnobotany and Paleoethnobotany 3 credits; ANT 411 - Comparative Primate Anatomy 4 credits; ANT 415 - Ethnoarchaeology 3 credits; ANT 416 - Research Design in Archaeology 3 credits; ANT 418 - Stone Tools in Human Evolution 3 credits; ANT 419 - Zooarchaeology 3 credits; ANT 487 - Independent Research in Anthropology 0-6 credits; ANT 496 - Senior Honors Project in Anthropology II 3 credits; EBH 204 - Research Skills 3 credits; EBH 230 - Computer-based Biostatistics 4 credits; EBH 381 - Genomics Laboratory 3 credits; EBH 401 - Seminar in Evolutionary Biology of Humans 3 credits. * study abroad courses
Students register for the 0-credit ANT 459, and submit a paper completed during a 300-level or higher "Writing Intensive" ANT/EBH course that earned a grade of C or higher. Students should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies for a current list of eligible courses. ANT 459 - Write Effectively in Anthropology 0 credit
Students register for the 0-credit ANT 458 and document their delivery of an oral presentation completed during a 300-level or higher "Speaking Intensive" ANT/EBH course that earned a grade of C or higher. Students should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies for a current list of eligible courses. ANT 458 - Speak Effectively Before an Audience 0 credit
Completion of the major requires 39 credits. Of the courses used to fulfill the program learning outcomes, at least 18 credits must be from upper-division courses (300 or 400-level) and at least 6 additional credits must be from 400-level courses.
Completion of the major requires 39 credits. Of the courses used to fulfill the program learning outcomes described below, at least 18 credits must be from upper-division courses (300 or 400-level) and at least 6 additional credits must be from 400-level courses.
Year 1 · Fall17 cr
Year 1 · Spring16 cr
Year 2 · Fall15 cr
Year 2 · Spring15 cr
Year 3 · Fall16 cr
Year 3 · Spring15 cr
Year 4 · Fall15 cr
Year 4 · Spring15 cr
+ First Year Seminar
+ SBC ×3
+ First Year Seminar
+ SBC ×2
+ Elective
+ SBC ×3
+ SBC ×3
+ Upper-division elective
+ Elective
+ Upper-division elective
+ Elective
+ Upper-division elective
+ Elective
+ SBC ×2
+ Upper-division elective ×4
+ SBC
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